International court rules against El Salvador in key abortion rights case
Court finds Central American country violated rights of a pregnant woman who was denied an abortion in 2013 The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR)...
Category : Abortion
Global health charities warn of ‘huge and terrible’ threat to abortion rights if Trump returns
‘Global gag rule’ and funding cuts will be ‘on different scale’ if Republicans win again, family-planning providers say Providers of women’s healthcare around the world...
‘Ghosts from the past’: fears of abortion setback after Milei wins in Argentina
Newly elected president and far-right libertarian has vowed to repeal country’s 2020 landmark legalisation of abortion Three years after Argentina made history as the first...
Mexican activists hail abortion ruling but warn of lack of access to care
Campaigners say many facilities and medical workers are likely to deny access since procedure is banned in many local jurisdictions Human rights activists in Mexico...
Mexico supreme court decriminalizes abortion across country
Decision to remove abortion from federal penal code comes amid trend in Latin America of loosening restrictions on procedure Mexico’s supreme court has unanimously ruled...
Women’s health at risk from UK aid cuts, Foreign Office warned
Thousands more women will be forced into unsafe abortions and die in pregnancy and childbirth, ministers told Hundreds of thousands more women will face unsafe...
Peru violated rights of 13-year-old girl repeatedly raped by father, UN rules
Authorities denied pregnant Indigenous girl her legal right to an abortion and ‘re-victimised’ her, UN child rights committee says Peru violated the rights of a...
‘Historic moment’ as El Salvador abortion case fuels hopes for expanded access across Latin America
Human rights court hears seriously ill woman denied procedure as advocates call for change in region with world’s most restrictive abortion laws Human rights activists...
Sierra Leone backs bill to legalise abortion and end colonial-era law
Country hails ‘monumental step’ towards expanding reproductive rights at a time when the US has overturned them Ministers in Sierra Leone have taken a major...
El Salvador: woman sentenced to 30 years in prison for homicide after miscarriage
Activists say case offers a stark warning to women in the US, where the supreme court is considering overturning Roe v Wade A court in...
